Machine for driving wooden hoops upon barrels



No. 614,125. Patnted Nov. |5,"|s9s.

J. .1. McLARNEY.

MACHINE FOR DRIVING WOODEN HOOPS UPON BARRELS.

(Application fild. May 7, 1898.)

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No. 6I4,|25. Patented Nov. I5, I898.

.1. .1. McLABNEY. v MACHINE FOR DRIVING WOODEN HOOPS UPON B ABBELS.

(Application filed May 7, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES.

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JOSEPH J. MoLARNEn oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR DRIVING WOODEN HOOPS UPON BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 614,125, dated November 15, 1898.

Application filed May 7, 1898. Serial No. 680,006. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may cancermn Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. MCLARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Machines for Driving Wooden Hoops upon Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part'of this specification.

My invention relates to machines for driving permanent wooden hoops upon barrels; and the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described and claimed. In this construction and arrangement I have shown compressingrings which are actuated by means of nuts working on oppositely-threaded screwsin opposite directions toward each other and directly engage the hoops to drive them toward the center of the barrel and bind them permanently in position thereupon. These rings are continuous and are to be distinguished from wings or arms adapted to move outwardly as they are caused to approach the center of the barrel and which necessarily make discontinuous contact with the hoops. Machines constructed with wings or arms of this character have been heretofore-devised for the purpose of leveling barrels and for the purpose of driving upon the barrels temporary iron truss-hoops to truss the barrel and bind the staves tightly together. machine is not designed for this purpose, but is adapted to operate upon a barrel after it has been leveled and trussed by the action of an ordinary leveling and trussing machine.

Experiment has demonstrated that a machine for driving on the permanent wooden hoops constructed on the principle of an ordinary leveling and trussing machine is wholly ineffective, inasmuch as the hoop, which is only one-third of an inch in thickness at its broadest part, will break between the points of contact. I have devised a compressinghead adapted to make continuous contact with the wooden hoops in the driving operation. Inasmuch as a compressing-head adaptedfto. make continuous contact with the hoops cannotbe automatically contracted and expanded to accommodate itself to hoops of varying diameter in my invention, I have secured the compressing-rings to the nuts, so

that they may be readily removed therefrom uniform pressure of the compressing-rings throughout the whole diameter of the barrel. I further secure these supports on the frame in such position that the barrel is supported on its ends, and thus insure their being supported with the necessary steadiness during ,the hoop-driving operation.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

' A is the frame, provided at one end with bearings for the shafts B and C. On the shaft B is the hand-wheel b and spur-gear b, the last-named gear meshing with and driving the small spur-gear c and its shaft 0. On the shaft 0 is the large spur-gear c, which meshes with and drives the spur-gears d and d on the feeding-screws D and D. These feedingscrews are two in number and extend longitudinally of the frame, being supported in suitable bearings at each endof the frame. Each feeding screw has its two ends oppositely threaded, and on said screw are the nuts E and E, which feed toward or away from'each other when the feeding-screws are revolved by the mechanism hereinbefore described. The nuts are provided with lugs e, and between and to the upper and lower nuts on the same end of the machine are secured the compression-rings F F (one at each end of the machine) by means of bolts 6, extend ing through the lugs 6 into projections on the rings.

The nuts E E are also provided with projections 0 which slide in guides c in the frame.

The barrel-supports G G are secured to the uprights at the ends of the frame by means of bolts g, extending through slots g in the uprights. Vertical adjustability of the supports is thereby provided for. The supports extend inwardly through the rings F F' and just above the lower part of the inner periphcry of the rings.

To drive the hoops upon the barrel, which is designated on the drawings by the letter II, it is first placed on the supports G G, the latter being adjusted to the proper height to cause the barrel to rest midway between the nuts E E and E E and rings F F to ad vance toward each other. These rings are of proper size to engage the peripheral edges of the hoops 7t. After the rings engage the hoops further turning of the hand wheel causes the compression-rings to drive the hoops toward the center of the barrel, which operation is continued until the hoops are brought to the desired position upon the barrel.

By reason of the continuous compressionsurface acting against the truss-hoops exactly uniform pressure is applied to the hoops at every point of their circumference, driving the hoops securely upon the barrel. The rings are readily removable and when operating on a smaller barrel they are removed and replaced by rings of the same circumference externally, but of a smaller internal circumference, and the supports G are raised to the height necessary to bring the barrel midway between the feeding-screws, so as to secure a uniform pressure of the compressionrings above and below as well as at every point of the circumference of the hoops. I am thus enabled to drive permanent wooden hoops upon barrels of different sizes with absolute uniformity of action and certainty of operation.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the characterdescribed, the combination with the frame, of feedingscrews each oppositely threaded, nuts on said feeding-screws toward the ends thereof, compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and supports for the barrel secured to the frame at opposite ends of the machine and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws oppositely threaded, nuts on said feedingscrews toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame, at opposite ends of the machine, and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws oppositely threaded, nuts on said feedingscrews toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame, at opposite ends of the machine, and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, and guides for the nuts on the frame, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws oppositely threaded, nuts on said feeding-screws toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame, at opposite ends of the machine, and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, guides for the nuts on the frame, gears on the end of each feeding-screw, a gear meshing with and actuating the feeding-screw gears, a gear of smaller diameter moving with the last-named gear, a hand-wheel, and a gear moved by the handwheel and meshing with and actuating the gear of smaller diameter, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws oppositely threaded, nuts on said feeding-screws toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame at opposite ends of the machine, extending through the compression-rings and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, substantially as described.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws 0ppositely threaded, nuts on said feeding-screws toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toward opposite ends of the machine, and adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame, at opposite ends of the machine, extending through the con1pression-rings,and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, and guides, for the nuts, on the frame, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, of screws 0ppositely threaded,nuts on said feeding-screws toward the ends thereof, removable compressing-rings secured to the nuts toWard opposite ends of the machine, adjustable supports for the barrel secured to the frame, at opposite each other and beyond the inner ends of the barrel-supports, substantially as described.

Signed by me, at Philadelphia, Pennsyl ends of the machine, extending through the Vania, this 6th day of May, A. D. 1898. compression-rings and adapted to support the barrel at its ends, guides, for the nuts, on the frame, and means for imparting rotation to the feeding-screws to drive said rings toward JOSEPH J. MOLARNEY.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK S. BUSSER,

HORACE M. GOODWIN. 

